Rivals to resume high-level talks
From Times Wire Reports
North and South Korea agreed to resume stalled high-level talks this month, officials said today, amid signs of easing tensions after the North signed a breakthrough nuclear arms agreement.
The Cabinet-level talks, the highest dialogue channel between the two Koreas, were suspended for seven months amid chilled relations after North Korea’s missile launches in July and nuclear test in October. The talks could lead to a resumption of the regular delivery of rice and fertilizer to the North.
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